Can-opener.



No. 874,457. PATBNTED DEC. 24, 19.07.

L. P. THBRRIAULT.

CAN OPENER- APPLICATION nun AUGJO, 1907.

Witnesses:

THE NORRIS PETERS co., wasnmcrdn, b. c.

Inventor,

Attorneys object of my invention is to provide a can exact description of the invention, such as LOUIS PHILIPPE THERRIAULT, OF BONFIELD, ONTARIO, CANADA.

CAN-OPENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 10. 1907. Serial No. 388,021-

No. 874,457. Patented Dec. 24, 1907.

pointed end 7, adapted to be inserted in the head of the can and to form a fulcrum point.

Slidably disposed on the body 4 is a sleeve 8, adapted to be fixed on the body 4 at any I desired point by means of the set-screw 9, and provided with a cutting blade 10 on its lower face.

One sideof the handle .1 is provided with a pocket 11, adapted to receive the cutting 2 blade 10 when the implement is folded.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A can opener comprising the combina- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Louis PHILIPPE THER- RIAULT, a subject of the King of Great Britain, 5 residing at Bonfield, in the county of N ipissing, Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Can-Openers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and

will enable others skilled in the art to which 1t appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to can openers; the

opener which can be folded, and the cutting point of which is protected by a pocket in the tion of a handle, a tang carried by the handle handle when it is folded; a further object is i and provided with a shoulder, a body proto provide an adjustable can opener adapted i vided with a bifurcated end disposed over to open cans of varying sizes and, my inven the shoulder, a pin disposed through the bition consists of the combination, construcfurcated end of the body and the shoulder, tion and arrangement of parts, as herein illusand a cutting blade adjustably secured on trated, described and claimed. the body.

In the accompanying drawings, forming 2. A can opener comprising the combinapart of this application, I have illustrated tion of a handle provided with a pocket in one form of embodiment of my invention, in one side, a tang carried by the handle, a body which drawings similar reference characters pivoted to the tang and provided with an oil'- designate corresponding parts, and in which: set pointed end, a sleeve adjustably disposed Figure 1 is a side elevation; and, Fig. 2 is on the body and provided with a cutting an inverted plan view. blade, adapted to enter said pocket when the Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a body is folded against the handle, and a sethandle carrying a tang 2, having a projecting screw carried by the sleeve adapted to lock shoulder 3. the same on said body.

A body 4 is provided with a bifurcated end In witness whereof I have hereunto set my 5, disposed over thehshoulder 3 and pivotally hand in the presence of two witnesses. connected therewit by means of t 1e pin 6, to permit the folding of the body 4 against LOUIS PHILIPPE lHERmAUm' the handle 1, the shoulder 3 being arranged in alinement with the handle 1.

The body 4 is provided with an offset Witnesses J. A. TRAHAN, PAUL RIoHER. 

